Neurodiversity – acceptance and inclusion

Hay Festival and Ruskin Mill Trust are continuing their unique collaboration in their commitment to helping neurodivergent individuals reach their potential, as well as become an integral part of the community.

Discussion at the Hay Festival

For the second year running, Ruskin Mill Trust will be present at the Hay Festival on 30th and 31st May. We will host a panel discussing what it means to society to be genuinely accepting and inclusive.

Andy Fryers, sustainability director at Hay Festival, said: “We are excited to build on our collaboration with Ruskin Mill Trust to put on a unique series of events on the theme of neurodiversity. Having spent time working with the Trust to fine tune our own offer for neurodiversity at our events in Wales, we recognise a need for debate and discovery around best practice and new guidance, which we believe this partnership will support.”

Living Conference on Neurodiversity

This informative event will be followed by a further two-day ‘Living Conference on Neurodiversity’, to be held on Ruskin Mill Trust’s site in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, on the 19th and 20th July. Attendees will be able to discover and engage with new perspectives on autism through talks, panels and performances, as well as interact with our students and experience working with craft.

Many different points of view

Aonghus Gordon, founder and Chief Executive of Ruskin Mill Trust, said: “I am delighted to continue to build on our partnership with Hay Festival. We set out to celebrate and broaden the conversation on neurodiversity, which has been described by American author Steve Silberman as the human rights challenge of the twenty-first century.

Our speakers and panellists bring many different points of view to the table, which result in passionate audience engagement.

“I am proud that Ruskin Mill Trust, together with Hay Festival, is leading the way in this discussion, as it is our obligation to ensure that all individuals are given a chance to realise their potential.”